Wild Pig, Peccary and Hippo TAG AKA Picco TAG TAG Leadership
TAG Chair Martin Ramirez, Woodland Park Zoo
Secretary Dawn Petefish Peoria Zoo TAG Advisors
Vet Advisor Cora Singleton
Nutrition Advisor Ellen Dierenfeld
Reproductive Advisor Annie Newell-Fugate
Endocrine Advisor for Hippos Catharine Wheaton
Field Conservation and Husbandry Jeff Holland TAG Steering Committee
Ashley Arimborgo Cheyenne Mtn Zoo
RoxAnna Breitigan The Living Desert
John Davis Riverbanks Zoo
Joe Forys Audubon Zoo
Randy Reiches San Diego Safari Park
Lisa Smith Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History Program Highlights
Pygmy Hippos River Hippos Christie Eddie, since 2010 John Davis, Since 2008 Henry Doorly Zoo Riverbanks Zoo List of 9 pending new – Consider forming and institutions with varied new breeding new pairs within exhibit timelines over the next existing spaces. 3 to 5 years – New breeding facilities . should be capable of holding at least two adult females per adult male and allow for separation of adult males from females and their offspring. Program Highlights
Babirusa Visayan Warty Pig Joe Forys, since 2014 Craig Miller, since 2013 Audubon Zoo Jacksonville Zoo • GSMP Working Group • Potential that females are • This is the highest the AZA shutting down following population has been since they relatively short periods of were imported in the 1980’s being in non-reproductive Births outpacing deaths situations. . • Have had some aggression issues in single sex groups Program Highlights
Collared Peccary Chacoan Peccary No longer a program Jim Haigwood since 2004 Los Angeles Zoo • Financial support of in-situ work in Paraguay at Proyecto Tagua • Encourage institutions to ship out collared peccaries and replace them with Chacoan peccaries Program Highlights
Red River Hog Common Warthog Matt James, since 2017 Lisa Smith, since 2007 Great Plains Zoo Miami Zoo • The Program is prioritizing space ANIMALS AVAILABLE: to breed underrepresented New holders needed! animals that have few or no offspring. • Only offspring resulting from recommended pairs will be given priority for placement. • Institutions that wish to breed but are not currently recommended should contact the SSP Coordinator, and they will be prioritized to receive genetically valuable pairs in the next planning period. Breeding center for Javan warty pigs (Sus verrucosus)
Taman Safari Prigen, East Java, Project goal To expand the Javan warty pig Indonesia captive population further and as such reduce the risk of stochastic or genetic problems to the still small captive population, and also reduce the risk of disease by spreading the captive population over more localities. Taman Safari Indonesia has set aside land away from the visiting public at its Prigen Zoo in East Java for a new specifically built Javan warty pig breeding facility. The planned facility would consist of (a) five outdoor enclosures (b)10 interconnected indoor enclosures TAG Research Projects
Annie Newell-Fugate, D.V.M., M.Sc., Assessment of a protocol for the Ph.D. collection and analysis of cutaneous Assistant Professor swabs and scrapings from male Department of Veterinary Physiology Common hippopotamus and Pharmacology (Hippopotamus amphibious) for the College of Veterinary Medicine and determination of androgen and Biomedical Sciences glucocorticoid concentrations Texas A&M University
Development of an electroejaculation and semen cryopreservation protocol for the endangered Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) Goals for next 12 months
• Begin prepping for new RCP • The Why’s and How’s of Strategic Planning for TAGs • Grow support for Chacoan peccary and Javan warty pig conservation projects • Support Action Indonesia • Develop better process for information exchange with EAZA Wild Pig, Peccary and Hippo TAG Meeting Tuesday March 29th 8:00am – 10:00pm Agenda
• Review Strategic Planning “How To”
• Work on Peccary ACM
• If time allows we’ll look at photos of my trip to CCCI last summer EAZA Update
• Overall, there seems to be a general trend of decreasing for almost all mentioned species, with few species remaining stables for example the Eurasian Wild boar, the African bush pigs, or the Collared peccary in America. More worry some is that some are still close to extinction like Pygmy Hogs, Pygmy Hippos, Visayan Warty Pigs, Togean Babirusas or Chacoan peccary.. • The assessments are a good tool to focus on endangered species and to reveal threats to their survival. This new assessment of the Red List is sending an important message to the conservation community and that is that the whole group of Suids, Peccaries and Hippos are not doing well and conservation actions must be taken immediately to assure the survival of the species that are at risk now and to reverse the decreasing trend that most of the species are showing.